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Israel to share NSO findings with France
Israel’s defence minister is set to share initial findings from a government assessment of NSO Group exports with France, whose president was allegedly among targets of spyware sold by the private Israeli spyware company. President Emmanuel Macron’s phone was on a list of targets that were possibly under surveillance by Morocco, which used NSO’s Pegasus…
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Coronavirus: Israel begins Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for at-risk Children
Israel has authorised the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable children between five and 11 years old, as cases of the highly contagious Delta variant rise sharply. Israeli officials said young children should be given the shot if they have a high likelihood of serious illness or death from Covid-19 because of underlying…
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Remembering a great collector and lamenting his family’s destruction
Letters to Camondo, a meditation on memory, is a companion volume to the best-selling The Hare with Amber Eyes. The latter is the story of potter and writer Edmund de Waal’s relative Charles Ephrussi, a grain merchant, transplanted from Odessa via Vienna to Paris in the late 1860s who built a mansion at 81 Rue de…
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Water disputes will compound instability in the Middle East
The Middle East is one of the driest regions in the world. The scarcity of water has often been touted as a source of national and interstate disputes in the area. Some scholars have predicted for some time the possibility of deadly national altercations and regional clashes over the distribution of water resources in parts…
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A Swastika was carved into an elevator at State Department headquarters
A Swastika was found carved into an elevator at the State Department, Axios reported. The hate symbol was drawn near the office of the special envoy for anti-Semitism. The Department is investigating the incident and told its workforce to oppose all hate, Axios said. A Swastika was recently found carved into an elevator door at…
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Amcor strikes compostable packaging deal with Israel’s Tipa
Amcor has struck a deal with Israeli tech play Tipa to manufacture compostable packaging in Australia and New Zealand Amcor has struck a deal with Israeli tech play Tipa to manufacture compostable packaging in Australia and New Zealand as it looks for plastic alternatives to reduce waste. The packaging can be used like conventional plastic…
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HRW accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Human Rights Watch has accused the Israeli military of carrying out attacks that “apparently amount to war crimes” during an 11-day war against the Hamas militant group in May. The international human rights organisation issued its conclusions after investigating three Israeli airstrikes that it said killed 62 Palestinian civilians. It said “there were no evident…
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Greene Says No Vax, No Service Is Segregation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., described a private businesses’ decision to not admit non-vaccinated patrons to segregation. Greene tweeted on Sunday night about a sign from an Atlanta restaurant that read “NO VAX NO SERVICE.” The restaurant felt the sign was necessary after a few positive covid cases last week. Greene started her Twitter post with, “This is segregation.”…
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Ten Myths about Israel
The Zionist account of Israel is based on a set of core myths that cast doubt upon Palestinian claims to the land. These myths serve as hasbara, a euphemism for pro-Israeli propaganda. Hasbara often goes unchallenged by the Western media and imperialist states that benefit from the role Israel plays in in the Middle East.…
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Israeli Ultra-Orthodox men urged to work
Israel’s government is looking to take advantage of a rare political opportunity to push more Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into work to boost the economy, a measure that could pit powerful religious leaders against politicians. By 2065, Israel’s “haredi” community is expected to make up 32 per cent of Israel’s population, up from 12 per cent…